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...Public polls confirm that Americans largely oppose Democrats on the issue. A Bloomberg poll in early December found that 21% favored trying Gitmo prisoners in criminal court, while 57% wanted them tried in military tribunals. In a late-November USA Today/Gallup poll, 42% favored holding the KSM trial in New York City, while 51% wanted it held elsewhere...
...Asked about the view that the White House had failed to vocally defend Holder, an Administration official says, "We've made abundantly clear over the last week that the federal court system has a long and successful history of trying terrorist suspects, and we've been out there forcefully defending...
...bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, they questioned him for just 50 minutes before reading him his Miranda rights. Ever since, Republicans have assailed the White House: Why was he permitted access to lawyers before a more complete interrogation could take place? Why is he being tried in a civilian court instead of a military one? Somehow the story got around that Gates had approved both decisions. When I asked Gates about it, he was cautious, saying the conclusion about what to do with the alleged bomber had already been made by the time he said he had no problem with...
...flamboyant populist and founder of a virulently anti-immigrant political party, Geert Wilders sees himself as a champion of free speech in the Netherlands. Others would disagree. Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament, is in court this week to face five counts of inciting hatred and discrimination for describing Islam as a fascist religion and Moroccan youths as violent and for calling for the banning of the Koran. The trial, which resumed Wednesday, Feb. 3, after a two-week break, is seen as a test of the limits of free speech and the famously tolerant country's commitment...
...prosecutors thought Wilders would wilt in the courtroom, they underestimated his sense of theater. The politician is using the case against him to put Islam on trial, vociferously defending his right to free speech. He suffered a setback on Wednesday, however, when the Amsterdam District Court rejected his demand that the Supreme Court hear the case because he's a member of parliament and then denied his request for 18 witnesses to testify on his behalf - including Bouyeri, who is serving a life sentence for van Gogh's murder. (After he killed the filmmaker, Bouyeri used a knife to stick...